Academy is a STEM certified all-boys school serving grade 6-12 students in Carey Park, Atlanta, Georgia.

[2] The school was opened in 2007, and for a short time was referred to as the boys single gender academy, but was later named by its first principal, Curt R. Green, in honor of neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

academy was initiated by Atlanta Public Schools based on the research of Michael Gurian, who asserts that girls and boys have different learning styles.

employ teaching strategies that are geared toward the general learning styles of boys.

undergo an academic curriculum which includes language arts, social studies, reading, math, and science.